In 21 AO conditions Roddick would be slight favourite in 22 the opposite.
I was not arguing that Rafa/djokovic werent good on HC in 2008 they clearly were but were far from their peak.
You argued that Medvedev losing to an Old version of nadal and djokovic is shameful even though their level on HC now is close to the level it was in 2008. Rafas two best years on HC was 2010, 2013 and Djokovic 2011, 2015. Between those years peak Roddick would maybe win 1 game in 10 against djokovic and 2 against nadal.
2008 was atleast prime-ish Nadal on HC and same for Djoko.
2010 - Roddick went 1-1 vs Nadal on HC - winning Miami in 3 and losing YEC in 3 (was up a set and a break).
So abolutely no way he wins only 2 out of 10.
Ditto for Djoko for whom he's not an easy matchup.
its not just about the conditions in AO 21, 22. Med doesn't have the stamina or the clutch ability of Roddick.
prime Roddick would've finished off Nadal of AO 22 for sure
med didn't even put up a fight vs djoko in AO 21. that's what was shameful.
I agree to an extent yes hewitt was a better mover but Hewitt had nowhere near the serve Medvedev has. Medvedev would have a far easier time holding serve and would win the majority of neutral baseline rallies.
hewitt beats med in fh, return, movement, transition+net game.
maybe med has a little better topspin/flat BH, but hewitt has the clearly better slice. BHs are on similar level in summary.
med's serve being clearly better than hewitt, but still not reliable enough doesn't cut it.
guy got broken 7 times in the last 4 sets by a meh Nadal, FFS.